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Bucky will get into some exhibition, err bowl game down south. UW fans will spend thousands of dollars on overpriced flights and lodging. Bielema will reward them with yet another exhibition of bufoonery and horrendous game-time decision making leaving fans wondering WTF they went in the first place.

Most Badger Homers must be looking through red colored glasses. If Stave was still at the helm I'd say Wisconsin would have a chance with some of the mentioned teams, without him there is no chance AT ALL of beating any of the schools in the article. With most it will probably be blow out losses. Seriously, Phillips with one start and he's going to be able to help you score against any of these defenses. Remember he had under 50 yards passing against Indiana. Wait till these better defenses load up 8 or 9 in the box, Ball gets 50 yards on 20 some carries and you have to rely on your defense to win. I don't even see Wisconsin winning these next 3 big ten games and you're going to beat the likes of Notre Dame, Stanford and the SEC teams. I guess time will tell who's right.

Well, yes, Badger fans are homers by definition and we usually see through rose colored glasses as in Rose Bowl. Phillips got 50 yards passing because we didn't throw the ball because we didn't have to. Not that difficult to figure out. Yup, we'll see, but one question. Does adding the at all in all caps after no chance actually make your opinion better? Just curious.

Without Stave, I expect the Badgers would be underdogs against most of the metioned teams. With a few possible exceptions, the Badgers would still have a realistic chance of winning. Not favored, but a chance of winning.

At this point, we don't know how the Badgers passing game will work. If Phillips can throw the play action pass, then the chances improve dramatically. Unfortunately, the lack of play action passes against Indiana suggests that's not his forte. The roll outs with run-pass options appear to be (not that this is bad). The trick is whether he can make defenses pay for loading the line of scrimage. Stave could. DOB could not.

Roll outs and bootlegs with run-pass options can be very effective out of play action. Start by hitting backs out of the backfield (including the FB) and TE's trailing the play. If Phillips can execute those, he would put tremendous pressure on any defense, openning up the run and the deep passing game. My hope is that BB and Canada weren't showing their whole hand.

Jumping from qb to qb, each with a different skill set, gets the offense out of its comfort zone. It's not a plan the Badgers chose, circumstance forced it upon them. Before his injury--including the MSU game--Stave was just effective enough to keep defenses honest Nothing has gone easily for the Badgers this season, yet they sit at 7-3, poised to make another championship run in what we all knew would be a rebuilding year.

I am confident either Phillips or OB (if needed) will meet the challenge against tosu and beyond, just as the redshirt freshman Bollinger rose triumphantly out of nowhere in 1999 in Columbus. All it will take is a couple of successful series.

The Badgers continue to rise to the challenge. Beating #6 will serve as the next rung. Winning out against nothing but quality opponents who also qualify as legendary powers in the college game should cement the UW among the nation's elite. It would mark a giant step forward for the program. I can't wait for Saturday!

Trolls and negative Nellie's refuse to look at the facts. The Badgers are as good as their upcoming opposition, including any team the other division has to offer. IU laid 49 on this week's opponent, who is considered to be out of Wisconsin's league. Really? What are you smoking? Penn St. is a nice story, but the Badgers match up very well with them, even on the road (They are not close to the team Oregon State was in Corvalis earlier in the year, and the Badgers are significantly better on both sides of the ball.). Bucky--a work in progress at the time--came close to beating Nebraska in Lincoln. A better UW team doesn't have a chance to beat Nebraska at a neutral site in Indy? Come on, man!

Get to Pasadena with that kind of mo and still likely disrespected against whoever the committee trots out, which is when the Badgers are at their best, and odds are BB will win his first Rose Bowl and big post season game.